A/HRC/RES/27/27 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 October 2014 English Original: French Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 27/27 Technical assistance and capacity-building for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also Council resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 7/20 of 27 March 2008 and S-8/1 of 1 December 2008, Recalling further Council resolutions 10/33 of 27 March 2009, 13/22 of 26 March 2010, 16/35 of 25 March 2011, 19/27 of 23 March 2012 and 24/27 of 27 September 2013, in which the Council called upon the international community to support the national efforts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its institutions as a means of improving the human rights situation and to respond to its requests for technical assistance, Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to discharge their obligations under the international covenants on human rights and other relevant instruments to which they are parties, Welcoming the efforts undertaken by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the international community, which culminated in the demise of the Mouvement du 23 mars (“M23”) and the adoption of the Nairobi Declaration of 12 December 2013, and taking note of the actions being taken to pacify the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Encouraging the efforts made by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to put an end to impunity for crimes under international law by strengthening its justice system and international judicial cooperation, GE.14-17988 (E) 101014 101014 